help id this fish

[keefsama]

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[keefsama]

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[Anonymous]

Brackish fish, known in the trade as a "scat". Scatophagus argus, to be more precise.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/Scatart.htm

 

[Mouse]

Defenately a scat, good tankmates for archers and mono's, and maybee a freshwater blenny or two.

 

[fishfanatic2]

scat, goes well with FW puffers too.

 

[Anonymous]

it looks like a red scat

there are 2-3 varieties, iirc

scats are very active get big and will literally eat almost anything

their name means 'garbage(crap) eater' - a name given by shipgoers who used to see them feeding off garbage dumped overboard

 

[Anonymous]

If you go into fishbase, they damn near all come up as Scatophagus argus, and the name FITS!

 

[Anonymous]

wathc out for the dorsal spines they give a wicked prick. :wink: Not nearly as bad as the silver but still a stinger

 

[Anonymous]

Ooohh... yeah, forgot about that. Good catch, Drago!

 

[Anonymous]

Yes SM you are correct as the rest of you, its definetly a Scat...sorry i have to pipe in since i just now seen this thread....

 

[Anonymous]

I disagree, it's a scat.

 

[Anonymous]

not an african scat, though

 

[Anonymous]

is it a caucasion scat?

 

[Mouse]

SCAT, get some mono's to go with him, but beware they all get LARGE

 

[phazer]

SCAT it is! Supposely only a brackish water fish. But I had a couple of them housed with freshwater - african cichlids for about 2 years. Great little fish!

 

[Anonymous]

When I was 10 years old my dad took me to get some food for my rapidly breeding mice that I fed to my snakes. This shop had huge aquaria that featured Monos and Scats. They were very big fish and looked great. Those fish got me started in keeping fish. My favorites are the Scats...very active and easy to keep but had a bit of a problem with fungus that was easily treated with what I don't remember. I have kept Scats longer than any fish I have ever had. I love these guys.This site is all you need to know to keep Scats.


http://fish.mongabay.com/scatophagidae.htm